®Planning appeal decision
10 East Street, BRIGHTON, BN1 1HP
Change of use of the space above the rear of an existing shop (Class E) to residential flats (C3) to create 2no 1b/2p flats
- Authority
- Brighton and Hove City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Gethin T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the living conditions of future occupiers of the proposed development would be sufficient, with particular regard to daylight and outlook for Flat 1 and daylight, outlook and privacy for Flat 2
What decided it
The significant harm arising from inadequate daylight, outlook and privacy for Flat 2's occupiers, which would not be remedied by available mitigation measures, outweighs the limited housing benefits of the scheme when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
The significant harm to living conditions for Flat 2's occupiers outweighed the relatively limited benefits of housing supply and sustainable location, such that the adverse impacts of granting permission would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy DM1, Policy DM20
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